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United Kingdom | CAMRA is calling for legal protections similar to those safeguarding the famous Cornish pasty, after Molson Coors confirmed it will close the Sharp’s brewery in Rock, Cornwall, in December with the loss of 40 jobs. Production of Sharp’s Doom Bar beer will be moved to Molson Coors’ brewery in Hartlepool 680 km away, media reported on 30 September.
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Germany | Germans are drinking less beer – 19 percent over the past ten years – and Warsteiner is feeling the impact, according to its press release (23 September). In addition to the cost-cutting measures already approved – such as the closure of the Herford brewery and the planned sale of the Paderborn brewery with the loss of some 200 jobs – the firm plans to cut 125 positions at its brewery in Warstein by year’s end.
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Germany | Concern is growing in Bremen over the future of the Beck’s brand after AB-InBev increased its push behind Budweiser in Germany while local employees and union officials say support for the Bremen beer brand has faded.
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United Kingdom | Tilray Brands launched a major multi-platform marketing campaign for BrewDog to make one message unmistakably clear: the brand is entering a new era under Tilray ownership, with fresh investment, renewed energy and strong backing behind its beers, bars and people.
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United Kingdom | Unsecured creditors owed more than GBP 190 million (USD 251 million) from the failed BrewDog will receive nearly nothing (less than a penny in the pound), media reported on 19 September. The administrator, AlixPartners, warned there were “insufficient funds” to pay debts in full, including taxes and a string of bills from other businesses.
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Switzerland | Isabella de Carvalho, the daughter of Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken (the billionaire Heineken heiress), was kept in isolation for four years by a self-proclaimed “healer”, who was paid an alleged CAD 9 million (USD 6.4 million) to treat her for anorexia. Her ordeal was made public following investigative reporting by the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger in September.
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Russia | One day ahead of Russia’s Duma elections (18–20 September), whose outcome was predictable, President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian businesses of Swiss food giant Nestle and French supermarket chain Auchan to be placed under temporary administration by a company called AO L.E.V. Menedzhment. According to Bloomberg, that company was registered in Moscow in 2024 with a charter capital of just RUB 15,000 (USD 177) and a single employee.
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Ireland | As part of his whirlwind visit to Ireland, US President Donald Trump promised on 13 September that he will scrap tariffs on Irish whiskey. This could restore a level playing field with Scotland and Northern Ireland, which had already enjoyed zero tariffs on the drink. However, Mr Trump did not say when exactly he would drop the tariffs. The US administration must formalize the exemption through an official decree.
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United Kingdom | Staff at Diageo’s largest Scottish distillery will go on strike for almost three weeks if the drinks group pushes ahead with plans to cut hundreds of jobs across its Scottish operations. Over half of the 200 employees at Cameronbridge, Europe’s largest grain distillery which produces whisky for blends including Johnnie Walker and Buchanan’s, will participate in strikes starting on 28 September.
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United Kingdom | A group of food and beverage firms, including Carlsberg and Danone, have committed to publishing data on their healthy food and drink sales in the UK, starting in 2027. They also pushed the government to make this practice mandatory for all large businesses. The companies set out the plan in a letter to the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, media reported on 15 September. The signatories include Intersnack subsidiary KP Snacks, frozen-food group Nomad Foods and Mr Kipling cakes maker Premier Foods.
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